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For Neural Research, Wireless Chip Shines Light on the Brain

Nov 19, 2020 | Research

Researchers including NC State ECE’s Yaoyao Jia have developed a wireless chip that can stimulate the brain with light and electricity.

Cranos Williams named Platform Director for Data-Driven Plant Sciences

Nov 19, 2020 | Faculty

Cranos Williams, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named the director of the Data-Driven Plant Sciences platform for the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative

2020 Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Nov 12, 2020 | Faculty

Congratulations to five outstanding ECE faculty members who were promoted to Professor or granted tenure this year.

Managing data flow to boost cyber-physical system performance

Nov 11, 2020 | Research

Optimizing data flow allows ECE researchers to dramatically improve the performance of cyber-physical systems, from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids.

Aysu and Ozturk Recipients of ECE Faculty Awards

Oct 20, 2020 | Awards

ECE is proud to announce that Aydin Aysu and Mehmet Ozturk are the 2020 recipients of the Departmental Faculty Awards — the Bennet Faculty Fellow Award and the William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award.

NC State Named An ‘Energy Elite’ University

Sep 30, 2020 | Programs

NC State, thanks to contributions from strong programs like the NSF FREEDM Center, has been named among the top-ten “Energy Elite” colleges and universities by the American Energy Society (AES).

New wireless, implantable chip from NC State could help fight Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

November 19, 2020 | WRAL Tech Wire

“Our goal was to create a research tool that can be used to help us better understand the behavior of different regions of the brain, particularly in response to various forms of neural stimulation,” says Yaoyao Jia, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University. “This tool will help us answer fundamental questions that could then pave the way for advances in addressing neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease.”

Cyborg cockroaches designed to complete tasks inside your HOME can carry objects across the room, transform into a display and draw objects on paper

November 5, 2020 | Daily Mail

In November 2014, researchers at North Carolina State University fitted cockroaches with electrical backpacks complete with tiny microphones capable of detecting faint sounds. The idea is that cyborg cockroaches, or ‘biobots’, could enter crumpled buildings hit by earthquakes, for example, and help emergency workers find survivors. ‘In a collapsed building, sound is the best way to find survivors,’ said Alper Bozkurt, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University.

Astronaut, NC State grad Christina Koch named to Time 100 Most Influential List

October 13, 2020 | ABC 11

Astronaut Christina Koch, who graduated from NC State, was named to the Time 100 Most Influential People list.

As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica institute, and leaders in the only North America IBM Q Hub, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.